Karl Ludwig SchmidtKarl Ludwig Schmidt (1891-1956) helped establish form criticism, an influential method in New Testament studies. Schmidt opposed Nazism, left Germany in 1933, and settled in Basel, Switzerland, where he taught. Besides The Framework of the Story of Jsus, Schmidt also wrote The Place of the Gospels in the General History of Literature (2002). Byron R. McCane is Professor of Religion at Centre College (Danville, Kentucky). He is also codirector of the archaeological excavations at Horvat Kur in the Lower Galilee, Israel. His books include Roll Back the Stone (2003). Read More Read Less